requests

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of request.

   The committee reviewed dozens of funding requests before lunch.

   Several requests for an interview arrived after the announcement.

   Note

   The noun is where for returns: requests for funding, requests for an interview, unlike the bare object of the verb form. The plural counts separate messages, whether formal written ones or the requests a server receives over a network. The sense of being sought after names a condition rather than a countable thing, so it does not take this plural.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of request.

   The pilot requests permission to land before beginning the approach.

   Whenever a guest requests a vegetarian meal, the kitchen prepares it separately.

   Note

   The verb form shares its spelling with the plural noun, so the sentence tells you which one you have: "she requests a transfer" against "her requests were ignored." As a verb it takes its object directly (requests permission, requests a meal) or takes a person plus a to-infinitive (the court requests the witness to return). The noun is the one followed by for: requests for permission.

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